JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE

Re:JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE by qompiler on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @03:29AM (#5484766)

Except for the fact that Qt is not as cross-platform as the standard C++ library. Qt also uses non-C++ features such as signals/slots which require usage of their own Meta Object Compiler.

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Re:JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE by mpyne on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @09:51AM (#5486007)

Qt's moc is a preprocessor/code-generator which compiles to standard C++.

Do you also tell people that they shouldn't use flex/lex/bison/yacc/antlr/etc.? Why are those code generators/DSLs acceptable but the moc is not? It's not as if the Qt authors added it because they don't understand C++, they added it because it solves a vexing problem in C++ GUI design.

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Re:JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE by qompiler on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:53AM (#5486395)

I would have agreed with you if Qt used something like the #pragma directive. Alas, they decided to inject keywords inside of the standard language which breaks every C++ compiler.

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Re:JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE by mpyne on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @10:56AM (#5486421)

then... turn off the keywords?

Every Qt "keyword" you talk about can be disabled with a fallback to namespaced macros.

foreach -> Q_FOREACH slots: -> Q_SLOTS

etc.

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Re:JetBrains is working on a cross-platform C++ IDE by nicholassmith on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @06:54AM (#5485265)

You can do stock C++ work in the Qt IDE, it's perfectly happy doing it.

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